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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;

import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

/**
 * Utility class for MD5
 * MD5 hash produces a 128-bit digest.
 */
public class MD5Hash {

	/**
	 * Given a byte array, returns in MD5 hash as a hex string.
	 * @param key
	 * @return SHA1 hash as a 32 character hex string.
	 */
	public static String getMD5AsHex(byte[] key) {
		return getMD5AsHex(key, 0, key.length);
	}

	/**
	 * Given a byte array, returns its MD5 hash as a hex string.
	 * Only "length" number of bytes starting at "offset" within the
	 * byte array are used.
	 *
	 * @param key the key to hash (variable length byte array)
	 * @param offset
	 * @param length 
	 * @return MD5 hash as a 32 character hex string.
	 */
	public static String getMD5AsHex(byte[] key, int offset, int length) {
		try {
			MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
			md.update(key, offset, length);
			byte[] digest = md.digest();
			return new String(Hex.encodeHex(digest));
		} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
			// this should never happen unless the JDK is messed up.
			throw new RuntimeException("Error computing MD5 hash", e);
		}
	}
}
